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England captain Eoin Morgan responds to criticism from former batsman Geoffrey Boycott after England's 111-run defeat to Australia in their opening Cricket World Cup match.

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SOUNDBITE: (English), Eoin Morgan (on criticism from Geoffrey Boycott):

"Geoffrey tends to be critical 24/7. I actually don't know - well certainly people within the team, it falls on deaf ears.

"I think certainly today they were the better team and they played - they outplayed us in every department right from the start, which is disappointing. Again, we showed glimpses of what we can do, but again, frustrating things that we've been doing for this last month let us down.

"It's not a big challenge. We said the first two games of the tournament would be the toughest in our group, and to come out of them with results would give us huge confidence, and we're still at that stage. We're still focusing on getting to the quarterfinals, and again, building the further we get into the tournament. As regards to Friday, we'll regroup, assess what we've done wrong and can improve on before then, but certainly first protocol is to turn to senior players and ask them to lead from the front."